Correspondence, 1970s
Dates
- Creation: 1970s
Language of Materials
Coptic, English, French, German, Greek, Russian, Turkish
Physical Description
1 box including 11 folders
Conditions Governing Access
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Subgroup 2, Series 1 of this collection (fieldwork notebooks and research notes, 1929- 1970s) has been fully digitized and is accessible online through this finding aid.
Extent
1 collectionGeneral note
Contains correspondence documenting the discussion of fieldwork projects in Turkey and Dibsi Faraj, Syria. Letters also discuss the final campaign to restore the mosaics in the southwest room of Hagia Sophia, as well as the plan to publish the materials related to the fieldwork projects at Saraçhane and Kalenderhane Camii in Istanbul.
Creator
- From the Collection: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1940- (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Dumbarton Oaks Repository
Dumbarton Oaks holds archival collections in its Rare Book Collection, Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives, and the Dumbarton Oaks Archives. The collections include: the papers of noteworthy scholars in the three fields that Dumbarton Oaks supports (Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, and Garden and Landscape); image collections depicting objects or sites of topical interest to scholars in the three fields; Beatrix Farrand’s personal archive of letters and original drawings that document the development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden; and institutional records and architectural plans and drawings documenting the history of Dumbarton Oaks. For more information about hours and to make an appointment to consult any of the collections listed here, please fill out the request form: https://www.doaks.org/research/library-archives/schedule-an-appointment